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Meanings of plasterboard in English

Wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls.

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Examples for "gypsum board"
Examples for "gypsum board"
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He took a swing at the sheetrock with the business end of the stick, breaking through the thick gypsum board as if it were paper.
Once bitten, twice dead
Usage of plasterboard in English
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Mr Bowley said the anti-dumping duties mostly affect plasterboard imports from Thailand.
Radio NZ
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But the threat works: Frazier stops bucking and leans into the plasterboard.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
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The demon struck the wall behind her and smashed through the plasterboard.
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1
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This will be around 20mm more than the depth of plasterboard and bracket.
The Guardian
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It was plasterboard, a pretty useless material for a wall in a prison.
The Slab
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The EU executive also said the company failed to cooperate in the plasterboard investigation.
Reuters
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In 2014 the government removed duties on plasterboard, reinforcing steel bar and wire nails.
Radio NZ
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Coughing and spluttering, I began to make out plasterboard walls.
Exit wound
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Lathe and plasterboard, it would come apart easily enough.
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
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He set it down by the plasterboard wall and started striking the fire-starter over it.
The Slab
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Insulation -think high-performanceplasterboard -and more efficient motors in appliances play important roles.
Reuters
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He started ripping at the plasterboard with renewed vigor.
The Slab
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Cameron guided her round neat piles of plasterboard and buckets of paint to the table.
Dating the rebel tycoon
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The hole was found on land belonging to Gyproc, an Irish plaster and plasterboard manufacturer.
The Irish Times
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Hoffman wondered what Prescott felt he needed protection from at that moment, other than falling plasterboard.
Anvil Gate
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You would be unlikely to get away with simply lining the space with floorboards and plasterboard.
The Irish Times
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